28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B)

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28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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28 Therefore the king asked advice, (A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. (B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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28 So the king [a]consulted, and he (A)made two golden (B)calves; and he said to [b]the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; (C)behold your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

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  1. 1 Kings 12:28 Lit took counsel
  2. 1 Kings 12:28 Lit them

You have done more evil(A) than all who lived before you.(B) You have made for yourself other gods, idols(C) made of metal; you have aroused(D) my anger and turned your back on me.(E)

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But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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but you have done more evil than all who were before you, (A)for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and (B)have cast Me behind your back—

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but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and (A)made for yourself other gods and (B)metal images, provoking me to anger, and (C)have cast me behind your back,

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you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and (A)you have gone and made for yourself other gods and (B)cast metal images to provoke Me to anger, and have (C)thrown Me behind your back—

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29 However, he did not turn away from the sins(A) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves(B) at Bethel(C) and Dan.

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29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

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29 However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from (A)the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.

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29 But Jehu did not turn aside from (A)the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (B)which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.

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29 However, (A)as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel, from these Jehu did not desist, including the (B)golden calves that were at Bethel and at Dan.

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16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(A) and an Asherah(B) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(C) and they worshiped Baal.(D)

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16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, (A)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, (B)made a wooden image and worshiped all the (C)host of heaven, (D)and served Baal.

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16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (A)two calves; and they (B)made an Asherah and (C)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (D)Baal.

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16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: (A)two calves. And they (B)made an [a]Asherah, and (C)worshiped all the heavenly [b]lights, and (D)served Baal.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:16 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
  2. 2 Kings 17:16 Lit host

“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants.(A) You are indeed a vast army and have with you(B) the golden calves(C) that Jeroboam made to be your gods.

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And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

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And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam (A)made for you as gods.

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“And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you (A)the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.

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“So now you intend to assert yourselves against the kingdom of the Lord [a]through the sons of David, [b]being a great multitude and having with you (A)the golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 13:8 Lit by the hand of
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:8 Lit and you are a